Title: Fruit Pockets
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 16 servings
2 c Cake flour
2 ts Baking powder
1/4 ts Salt
2 tb Sugar, confectioners
2 tb Butter
2/3 c Milk
1 Egg white; slightly beaten
---filling---
1/4 c Raisins; chopped
1/4 c Nuts; chopped
2 tb Orange juice
1/4 ts Cinnamon
1 tb Lemon juice
1/4 c Citron; chopped
1/4 c Currants
1/4 ts Allspice
1/4 ts Cloves
2 tb Sugar
Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking powder and salt. Cut in
butter with 2 spatulas. Add milk. Mix lightly until well blended.
Turn onto lightly floured board. Roll in sheet 1/3 inch thick. Cut in
ovals 4 inches long. Combine raisins, nuts, orange juice, lemon
juice, spices, currants, citron, and sugar. Mix thoroughly. Place 1
tablespoon on half of each oval. Brush edges of dough with egg white.
Fold over. Press firmly together. Press lightly to flatten. Make 3
short cuts across the top of each oval with the scissors. Sprinkle
with powdered sugar. Place 2 inches apart on well-oiled baking sheet.
Bake in hot oven (450 F) until evenly browned.
Mrs. M. Altman, Lancaster, OH
in The Household Searchlight cookbook
